World History
- See Who's Editing Wikipedia - Diebold, The Cia, A Campaign
The CIA edits at Wikipedia. So do Congressional staffers and people working for companies trying to better the article about their employer or make a competitor's article worse. All of this has been suspected for years but now there is proof. John...
- World History Blog On Hiatus Until 9 April 2007
I will be travelling extensively over the next few weeks. Some of the travel will be fun, some will not. My Web access is likely to be spotty. Taking this into account, I have decided to put this blog on the shelf for a few weeks. Unless something bad...
- Encyclopaedia Britannica's Guide To Normandy 1944
Encyclopaedia Britannica's Guide to Normandy 1944 - The story of the Normandy Invasion through the spoken recollections of veterans who fought it, the newsreels that recorded the events, and written collections of historians who studied the campaign....
- History Of Wales
History of Wales. This is a short history of the European nation of Wales which is a part of the United Kingdom. Wikipedia notes, "Wales is a country and one of the four constituent parts of the United Kingdom (along with England, Scotland, and Northern...
- Autosummarizing
One of my teacher-students, Jerry Walsh, just told me about "autosummarizing" which literally summarizes a long passage. This might work well if you have your students go to a Wikipedia page that has much more information than you want. I,...
World History
Wikipedia
This is a nice history of Wikipedia by its founder, Jimmy Wales.
- See Who's Editing Wikipedia - Diebold, The Cia, A Campaign
The CIA edits at Wikipedia. So do Congressional staffers and people working for companies trying to better the article about their employer or make a competitor's article worse. All of this has been suspected for years but now there is proof. John...
- World History Blog On Hiatus Until 9 April 2007
I will be travelling extensively over the next few weeks. Some of the travel will be fun, some will not. My Web access is likely to be spotty. Taking this into account, I have decided to put this blog on the shelf for a few weeks. Unless something bad...
- Encyclopaedia Britannica's Guide To Normandy 1944
Encyclopaedia Britannica's Guide to Normandy 1944 - The story of the Normandy Invasion through the spoken recollections of veterans who fought it, the newsreels that recorded the events, and written collections of historians who studied the campaign....
- History Of Wales
History of Wales. This is a short history of the European nation of Wales which is a part of the United Kingdom. Wikipedia notes, "Wales is a country and one of the four constituent parts of the United Kingdom (along with England, Scotland, and Northern...
- Autosummarizing
One of my teacher-students, Jerry Walsh, just told me about "autosummarizing" which literally summarizes a long passage. This might work well if you have your students go to a Wikipedia page that has much more information than you want. I,...